The Prodigal Son...*

The Prodigal Son, marble sculpture by Joseph Mozier, c. 1857, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.

Acquitted...

A New York City police officer was acquitted  of murder and manslaughter charges in the off-duty killing of an unarmed man who the officer said attacked him last year during a late-night traffic dispute in Brooklyn.

The officer, Wayne Isaacs, testified that he opened fire after the man, Delrawn Small, threatened to kill him and punched him at a stoplight in the Cypress Hills section of Brooklyn.

The surveillance video showed the victim approaching the officer's car but raised questions about the officer’s account of the confrontation.

The jury of five men and seven women deliberated over three days before deciding the government had not proved its case against Officer Isaacs.

Choice...

Groped...

Fowl...

Gropey...

Stuffing...

Shared Feelings...

The Washington Post said eight women claimed Rose, who hosts the PBS interview program "Charlie Rose" made sexual advances towards them between the late 1990s to 2011. The women were between 21 and 37 at the time.

The accounts range from Rose putting his hands on their legs without permission to Rose walking around naked in front of them. He was also accused of groping one woman at a work party.

"It is essential that these women know I hear them and that I deeply apologize for my inappropriate behavior. I am greatly embarrassed. I have behaved insensitively at times, and I accept responsibility for that, though I do not believe that all of these allegations are accurate. I always felt that I was pursuing shared feelings, even though I now realize I was mistaken.

"I have learned a great deal as a result of these events, and I hope others will too.  

Moving...

U-Go-Girl

A 12-year-old girl is spearheading a campaign to legalize medical marijuana across the whole country. Alexis Bortell said she and her family had no choice but to move from their Texas home to Colorado to treat her severe epilepsy. Now, her family and a handful of others are suing Attorney General Jeff Sessions and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA).

"Ever since I've been on this cannabis, I've actually been seizure-free for – today it's 974 days, so we're coming up on 1,000. So I think that's pretty good," Alexis told CBS News.  Alexis had seizures every few days.

Her parents said epilepsy medications didn't work, and there was even talk of brain surgery. But this seems to tame the seizure monster: an oil made from marijuana taken twice a day. 

 Alexis hopes the lawsuit will make medical marijuana legal across the country.